[Role of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of necrotizing infections of the soft tissues].
The Authors report their experience in the treatment of soft tissue necrotizing infections. The correct "timing" of the association of surgery, antibiotics and hyperbaric oxygen therapy is stressed. The good clinical results obtained in the patients examined confirm the usefulness of an early treatment modulated according to the needs of each single patient.
Valente
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Istituto di III Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
Ferri
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Veneziani
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Costanzo
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ruolo dell'ossigeno iperbarico nel trattamento delle infezioni necrotizzanti dei tessuti molli.